In one Jersey City neighborhood, a year-long, multimillion-dollar sewer pipe replacement project — the city’s attempt at resilient infrastructure — wasn’t a match for Tropical Storm Ida, which overwhelmed the sewer system. Mayor Steve Fulop said he was meeting with the city’s sewer contractors to talk about increasing the number of catch basins so that they can feed more stormwater into the sewers.
In Hoboken, a city that was knocked on its heels for weeks after Superstorm Sandy, Councilman Ruben Ramos pointed to a successful effort at infrastructure resiliency — a PSE&G substation that was moved and raised, and which was not impacted by water during Tropical Storm Ida.
“I think any investment we can make in the years ahead in resilient infrastructure will be investment that will help us, please God, if we have to deal with things like this going forward in the years ahead,” Gov. Phil Murphy said.
